Happy Birthday EU

It is not only the Hafengeburtstag this weekend. 9th May is a birthday celebration for Europe - Europe Day. On this day 60 years ago Robert Schuman, the then French Foreign Secretary, issued his Declaration that Europe should work towards the ideal of the free movement of people and goods across borders. A absolutely visionary idea at the time given that large parts of Europe lay in rubble, but one which laid the foundation for the European Union that has permitted us all to enjoy peace across Europe and defeated totalitarian forms of government.

See the Eurobishop BLOG - link above for more.